“What a bitch.”
A disgusted Carleen gives judge Shaynna Blaze one last potty-mouthed whack on The Block as the final rooms are revealed.
This is how it unfolded.
In this last reveals episode, with the apartments on the verge of completion, we see just how hot under the collar The Block judges get over inanimate objects.
There’s a name for that dysfunction, right?
To be unveiled are the terraces and the “re-do rooms”, which were the earlier ones the judges thought were a bit rubbish.
After 66 days of renovations and hyperventilations, but not nearly enough hot tradies for the red-blooded viewers, the end is in sight.
Will and Karlie are first up with a terrace and garden — the only of the five teams with a lawn — which Shaynna describes as an “urban oasis”.
But Darren, suddenly so easily pleased, is bowled over by the shed.
With all respect to Darren, he looks far too dapper to firing up a ride-on mower on a Sund’y arvo.
He peels open the wooden doors.
“That’s hot,” he gushes.
Daz, it’s a shed. With a broom and pooper scooper.
Upstairs, in Dan and Carleen apartment, Neale gets even weirder.
“They had me at the plantation shutters and the ceiling fans — two of my favourite things in the world,” he says.
Really Neale? Not a tasteful, ethically-sourced, hand-stitched calf leather Moroccan pouffe, or a limited edition sconce (a word we all learned this season), arranged just so?
Shaynna likes the couches around the fireplace but hates the other side of the terrace, with the patterned tiles. And that is the genesis of Carleen’s little dummy spit.
In the broke Geelong boys’ apartment, they have started a new trend — Sherrin chic.
They have installed a TV from Aldi.
It’s the perfect spot for watching the footy; a man cave, created by men for men, says Darren. With a “prison cell” feeling.
Any other team would be insulted, threaten to walk off and cry into a $1000 throw rug, but the boys are pleased. Outcome achieved.
But upstairs, Julia and Sasha, who have also run out of money, still manage to fulfil the luxe brief.
Some mad Gumtree skills went into creating this for $20.
Darren makes a gesture at Shaynna. Make of it what you will.
Then they head into the bedroom.
“That is so sexy,” Shaynna says of the nanna floral linen. Again with the objects of desire.
Darren can’t help himself. We’ll give him a moment.
Next door, Kim and Chris have nailed it. Perfection, say Neale.
No draaaaamas here.
As host Scott Scam chalks up a 7.5 for Dan and Carleen from Shaynna, Carleen mutters: “What a bitch. She’s just killed us.”
Earlier in the season, she wonderfully unleashed with a “bogan done good” salvo at Shazza.
It had been far too long between drinks, Carleen. Bravo.
Scores are in and Julia and Sasha draw with Kim and Chris.
But nobody’s going home yet. There is one more fresh hell to tackle next week.
A challenge apartment.